Bowden device bundle



Jan. 9, 1940. G. STEI NLEIN Bovhmn DEVICE BUNDLE Filed Feb. 8, 1958 Fig. 1.

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Inventor Gusfav s/ /em Arforneq 5' Patented Jan. 9, V g l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3,186,181 BOWDEN DEVICE BUNDLE Gustav Steinlein, Mainberg, near Schweinfurt,

Application February 8, 1938, Serial No. 189,421 In Germany February 18, 1937 Thb invention relates to flexible Bowden wires 8 guided therein are enclosed side by side in an or cables, and more particularly to a fascicular external casing 9. Only a short length'of this combination of a plurality of Bowden wires, and casing 9 is shown in the drawing, but said casing the invention has for its object to so combine a may be s long as the Single Bowden Wires c I number of Bowden wires that they form a combe juxtaposed, viz. possibly extend over-the whole mon transmission set which is adapted to be faslength thereof. tened to the frame of the vehicle at least as far The casing 9 i te for a plurality of Bowden as the single Bowden wires thereof run in the wires, the pulling W r Proper 0f Whiehis e osed same direction from the point of operation to in its own sheath 1, may be made of textile 10 an engine or other appliances to be operated. threads spun or braided around the respective 10 Another object of the invention is to prevent sheaths i. It is however also p s e to make failure of the single Bowden wires in operation the said casing from metal spirals just as is usual and the increase of protection of the traction elewith the sheath I. When it comprises a fabric m t i t damage a d r lativ interference made of textile fibres it is preferably rendered I of the traction l m nt waterproof by a. varnish coat (not shown) in These objects are attained by collecting and enorder that the parts enclosed are protected from closing the several Bowden devices, each comrusting. When however a wire spiral is made posed of a cable or traction member and a sheath use of, such an insulation is not usually necesor hose enclosing same in a common likewise y, ce the Sp a s t emselves are fibre cov- 50 flexible outer casing or hose. In this casing the ed a varnished- The te as n 9 may Bowden devices are juxtaposed with their own or be formed around the complete juxtaposed Bowindividual sheaths so that the traction elements den devices but it may also be made separately are separated from each other. Through this and shoved over the Bowden devices. junction the bundle of a number of Bowden de- The external casing 9 may contain any de- 95 vices is also rendered stronger and stiffer against sired umbe o g e Bowden wires, four being compression; thus every traction member is free shown. to move in its pertinent sheath without rubbing The bundle of Bowden wires is, for instance, anywhere branching b r i provided, conducted from the operating levers of a vehicle having a main tubular section enclosing an end. to the remote engine and the driving wheel 1n portion of the casing, and branch sections Such B way that the external casing 9 is by means through which the traction members or cables of Spring clips fastened along the steering head pass respectively. tube and frame tubes, branching being provided This combination of Bowden devices is particufor at the poin s qu edlag-1y useful in t case of vehicles, h as mptor The Bowden cables or wires 8 are branched cycles, where a plurality of Bowden wires are to off to the va i us operating mechanisms of the 85 be conducted towards the engine, brakes, lubrivehicle by means of a branching member i2 made cators, illuminating and other appliances. These of suitable material such as rubber, and having a Bowden wires or cables h separated fr m one main tubular section II and branch sections nether djmculi; t fasten t th hm I, which diverge therefrom, and which have in- 40 frame d impart a, disorderly appearance to the ternal duct diameters smaller than the internal 40 vehicle. Moreover, loops loosely depending in duct diameter of said main section. The main various places are liable t b readily damaged, section l3 of the branching member encloses an while bends of the Bowden wire sheath not seend portion of the casing and Presents an end curely fastened often cause the traction or trans- Shoulde u t g the enclosed end of said casmission i w an ing. The individual cables 8 passing through the 45 In t accompanying drawing, th r i h wn branch sections ll respectively are enclosed by for purposes of illustration one form of device emsheaths la correspo g to the sheaths 1. The

bodying the invention, in which: branch sections I4 enclose these sheaths la, and Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of the device, present at their innefends shoulders l6 abutting so and the enclosed ends of said sheaths la.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the device taken I claim: n line 2 2 of Fig. 1. 1. A Bowden device comprising a plurality of Referring to the several Bowden wires cables, sheaths enclosing 881d cables respectively, each comprising the usual flexible sheath or hose an outer casing uniting and enclosing said ll 1 and the pulling or traction wire or cable proper sheaths, and a branching member having a main 56 tubular section and a pair of branch sections diverging therefrom and oi! smaller cross-sections,

said main section enclosing an end portion of i said casing, and presenting a shoulder at its inner end abutting the enclosed ends of said casing and said sheaths, and said cables passing through said branch sections respectively.

2. A Bowden device comprising a plurality of cables, a set of sheaths enclosing said cables respectively, a second set of sheaths enclosing said cables respectively at a section spaced longitudinally from said first set, an outer casing uniting and enclosing said first set of sheaths, and a branching member having a main tubular section enclosing one end of said casing, and a pair of diverging tubular branch sections diverging from said main section and enclosing said second set or sheaths.

3. A Bowden device comprising a plurality of cables, a set of sheaths enclosing said cables re spectively, a. second set of sheaths enclosing said cables respectively at a section spaced longitudinally from said first set, an outer casing. 

